Cultivator and bean-harvester



(No Model.) 2

2 W. CARVER.

OULTIVATOR AND BEAN HARVESTER. No. 273,224. Pateted Feb.27, 1883.

N. PETERS, Phumlimuz p a Wadington. ma

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CARVER, or SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK.

CULTIVATOR AND BEAN-HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,224, dated February 27, 1883.

' Application filed November 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CARVER, of Scottsville, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivator and Bean-Harvester, which "improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to supply to the rear of the frame of a common cultivator two carrier-wheels to take the load 05 the hands of the operator, said wheels being so attached to the frame that they may be raised or lowered or changed to numerous positions relative to the same in doing different kinds of work, such as cultivating wide or narrow spaces between rows of plants, harvesting beans, &c.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of a common cultivator frame with my improvement attached, parts being sectioned and broken away and other parts shown as occupying different positions; Fig.2, a side elevation of the same, viewed as indicated by the arrow y in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of a portion of the same, viewed as indicated by the arrow y in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4., a detail drawing, all hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the parts, A A are the side rails, and B the middle rail, of a common cultivator-frame, and G the teeth .of the same, the handles being omitted. The side rails are joined together and to the middle rail, B, at the forward end of the implement, by means ofa hinge-joint and bolt, a, in the usual manner, and slotted expansion-straps b b are attached to the respective side rails, having their slotted parts lapped together and across the middle rail and secured to the latter by means of a bolt, 0, all in common form, for the purpose of expanding or contracting the side rails to cultivate a wideror narrower strip of land while in operation.

At the rear end of the side rail, A, I attach a horizontal bar, (3, in a swivel-clamp, d. At the outer end this bar is pierced at k, to receive a vertical post, f, and, moreover, has its extreme end 0 turned down, as shown. A U- shaped clamping-bolt, 6, having its "ends projecting outward through the down-turned part 6, spans horizontally the postf, and when tightened upon said post, by means of the screwnuts n, holds the same firmly to the bar 0. At its lower end the post fis turned horizontally outward and provided with a. suitable ground-wheel, D. By loosening the clampin g-bolt t, the post f may be turned around to bring the wheel D on the inside, or next the rail A; or said post may be vertically adjusted, as indicated in Fig. 2. The bar 0 is provided with holes 0 at regular intervals, and the bolt g, that passes up through the rail Aand through the middle of the swivel-clamp d, also passes through one of the said holes 0, and when the screw-nut his turned down upon the bolt y it fastens the said swivel-clamp and bar rigidly to the rail. The bar 0 rests in a notch in the lower piece of the swivel-clamp, as shown in Fig. 4, and by loosening the screw-nut h the swivel-clamp, with the bar 0 and attached parts, may be swung horizontally around, as

upon a swivel, to bring the ground-wheel D within the frame, or to allow said wheel to trail, as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. I If the bars (3 are turned directly back, as shown, and the wheels I) turned inward, as shown in dotted lines at F, said wheels will run just within the rows of plants being cultivated; or if turned outward, as shown in full lines in the figures, the wheels may be caused to run just outside of the rows of plants being cultivated, while the outer teeth of the cultivator plow just within said rows. The employment of these wheels attached to the frame in proper adjustment renders the work of cultivating much lighter to the operator and causes the teeth to plow at a uniform depth.

It is plain that the swivel-clamp 01 may be dispensed with and the bar 0 laid directly upon the rails and held thereto by the bolt g, passing through one of the holes 0, above mentioned.

In harvesting beans the side rails are expanded, so as to have the teeth of the cultivator uproot two rows simultaneously,thegroundwheels being adjusted to run within the rows by the means above described.

Swivel-casters or ground-wheels for cultivators are not new, and such I do not claim.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cultivator, the combination, with the rail A, of the bar 0, adapted to be swung around upon said rail and made laterally ad- 5 justahle thereon, and the vertical wheel-post f, secured to said bar 0, and adapted to be rotated and vertically adjusted in its bearing, substantially as shown and described. n

2. In combination with the rail A, the bar O and swivel-clamp d, with means to secure to said bar and swivel-clamp to the rail, and the adjustable postfand wheel D, with the clamp ing-bolt for the post, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

WILLIAM CARVER.

Witnesses:

E. B. WHI'rMoRE, L. O. McCoNNELL. 

